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July 1, 2008

Videos of M. septendecula calling

Filed under: Joe Green | Magicicada | Sounds | Video — Tags: — Dan @ 10:25 pm

Listen to these videos of Magicicada septendecula calling by Joe Green.

M. septendecula calling by Joe Green

M. septendecula calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

M. septendecula calls by Joe Green

M. septendecula calls by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

M. septendecula calling with hum of cicadas in the background by Joe Green

M. septendecula calling with hum of cicadas in the background by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Videos M. cassini calling

Filed under: Joe Green | Magicicada | Sounds | Video — Tags: — Dan @ 10:21 pm

Enjoy these videos of Magicicada cassini calling by Joe Green.

M. cassini calling by Joe Green

M. cassini calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

M. cassini calling by Joe Green

M. cassini calling by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Cicadas calling from bushes by Joe Green

Cicadas calling from bushes by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

June 30, 2008

Brood XIV Magicicada song

Filed under: Brood XIV | Joe Green | Sounds | Video — Dan @ 5:54 am

These videos feature the song of Brood XIV Magicicada cicadas. The videos are by Joe Green.

Brood XIV Magicicadas singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Brood XIV Magicicadas singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Brood XIV Magicicadas singing by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

Brood XIV Magicicadas by Joe Green from Cicada Mania on Vimeo.

June 28, 2008

Spiders have to eat too!

Filed under: Brood XIV | Joe Green | Video — Dan @ 12:25 pm

Joe Green sent us this video of a black window spider eating a cicada.

June 18, 2008

Close up photos of marble-colored cicada eyes

Filed under: Brood XIV | Eye Color | Roy Troutman — Dan @ 8:51 pm

High-res versions of Roy Troutman’s marble-eyed cicada photos. Fascinating. You can see a color variation in all 5 eyes!

Upclose on Marble eyed 17 year cicada

Close up of marble eyed cicada

June 17, 2008

More totally awesome marble-eyed cicada photos

Filed under: Brood XIV | Eye Color | Roy Troutman — Dan @ 10:21 am

Roy has obtained another marble-eyed 17 year cicada found by Mike & Reed Finfrock of West Chester, Ohio.

Grey Red Marble Eyed Magicicada

Red Gray Marble eyed cicada

White eyes are unique, maybe one in 100,000, but these marble eyed cicadas seem to be even more rare. They look like the red was torn away, revealing the gray below (like something you would see on a blinged out Honda Civic or an 80’s metal guitar).

June 12, 2008

Amazing cicada with white & orange colored eyes

Filed under: Brood XIV | Eye Color | Roy Troutman — Dan @ 8:24 pm

Here’s something that’s truly amazing — a 17 year cicada with marble-colored eyes. White eyed cicadas are rare — but a mixed color eye cicada is amazing. Roy and the person how found the cicada should go play the lottery tonight, because luck is on their side.

Marble-eyed Magicicada

June 10, 2008

White eyed Magicicada

Filed under: Brood XIV | Eye Color | Roy Troutman — Dan @ 8:05 pm

Here’s some photos of Roy’s white eyed 17 year cicadas.

White eyed 17 year cicada

White eyed 17 year cicada

White eyed 17 year cicada

New Brood XIV Photos from Roy

Filed under: Brood XIV | Gene Kritsky | Roy Troutman — Dan @ 7:58 pm

An adult Magicicada:

Magicicada

A Magicicada suffering from the massospora cicadina fungus:

Magicicada with Fungus

The fungus is spread during mating.

Another shot of the adult Magicicada:

Magicicada

A Magicicada suffering from the massospora cicadina fungus:

Magicicada with Fungus

Gene Kritsky collecting a temperature probe for his cicada temperature study from Roy’s backyard:

Gene Kritsky

June 4, 2008

Roy’s Brood XIV Photography

Filed under: Brood XIV | Roy Troutman — Dan @ 10:15 am

Here’s quite a few photos Roy has taken of the emergence. It’s kind of ironic that I’m staying with Roy and his family, and yet it’s taken me this long to post the photos.

17 year Brood XIV cicadas

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